Camp toilet



C. A. TOWNSEND Feb. 17; 1925.

CAMP TOiLET Filed April 9, 1925 m m m m Charlesimwn sena' Patented Feb.17, 1925.

CAMP TOILET.

Application rfiled Aprils, 1923. Serial No. 630,794;

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Be 1t. known that 1, CHARLES A1. TOWN- SEND, a citizen of the: UnitedStates, residing, at Canandaigua, 1n the county of Ontario and State ofNew York, have invented cerr tain, new. anduseful Improvements in Camp.

Toilets, of whichthe following is a specification.-

The object of this invention is to provide a new and improved type ofcollapsible camp toilet that canbe quickly setup or knocked down and.carried about in its collapsedlform as a comparatively small package.

This andioth'er objectsof this invention will be fully illustrated inthedrawing, de scribed in the specification and pointed. out in the claimsat the end thereof.

. In the accompanying. drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view. of the camp toilet with a portionof' thetent covering it partly broken away.

Figure 2 is a. vertical sectional view of one of the locking jointsbetween. two of the upright sections forming the support of thecamptoilet.

In the several-figures of the. drawing, like reference numerals indicatelike parts.

The camp toilet], forming the subject matter of this inventionisintended for camp ers who travel in. automobiles and erect a temporarycamp when and wherever they find. a suitable spot. for such a camp. Forthis reason the camp toilet is: so constructed that it can be carriedabout as a small parcel and when needed can be quickly erected andafterwards also quickly knocked down.

As illustrated in the drawing, the camp toilet comprises an upright 1that is made up of three channel shaped sections 2, 3 and 1. Thesechannel sections are made to telescope into each other and when extendedas illustrated in Figure 1 are locked in their extended position bymeans of the spring dogs 5 and 6. The spring dog 5 is mounted on theback of the channel section 2 near the top thereof and the pin 7 carriedthereon is adapted to engage through the hole 8 provided near the top ofthe lower channel section 2 into the hole 9 provided near the bottom ofthe upper channel section 3. The engagement of the pin 7 into these twoholes locks the section 3 to the end of the section. 2. A similarlocking arrangement is provided between the ends of the channelsections- 3 and 4.

At the top of the channel section 1 a pair of horizontalbrackets 10andll. are formed to project laterallly fromthischannel.section. T0theouter. end of each of these bracketsis pivotedan arm 12 that. canibeswung into the horizontal position illustrated inFigure 1. On-top of.each: of the arms12 ispivoted a second arm 13-.having anv angularextension 14: formed thereon at the inner end thereof; The arms 13 areadapted to be swunglaterally into anangular. position with relation tothe arms 12 to which they are pivoted as illustrated in Figure 1. Inthis position the angular ex tensionlet is adapted to project into aslot formed by the bracket 11 and. another bracket 15. mounted above thebracket 11 and parallel thereto. The engagement of the angular extensionltofthe arm13 under the bracket 15 operates to lOCkI both the arm 12andthe arm 13 in the extended horizontal position.illustrated in Figure1.

After the upright. 1 fie-erected, a suitable canvas tent 16 is-adaptedto be placed over the arms 12 and. 13.. The sides, endand front of thistent are provided with suite able anchoringpinsorstakes 17 withwhichthesides, end and front of the tent can be anchoredto theiground toprovide sufficient room on the. inside thereofas illustrated in thedrawing. The front of the tent; is; slit to provide an entrance to thetent and the two sections of the front formed in this way may be hookedtogether on the inside of the tent by means of suitable locking means.

The lower end of the channel section 2 of the upright 1 is anchored inthe ground by means of the sliding stake 18. This stake is mounted onthe back of the channel section 2 and is held in place thereon by meansof two sleeves 19 and 20. These sleeves may be struck up from the backof the channel section and form an integral part thereof.

Besides the stake 18 the uprlght 1 is also provided with a pair ofhorizontal supporting arms 21 and 22. These arms are pivoted to the sideof the channel section 2 and in their laterally extended positionillustrated in Figure 1, rest against the under side of the lugs 23struck up from the sides of the channel section 2. \Vhen therefore theupright 1 is anchored to the ground by means or the stake 1S and thearms 21 and 22 have been swung into the horizontal position illustratedin the drawing the arms form a substantial base for the upright whichwith the help of the stake hold the upright in its perpendieularposition.

in the hannel section 2 is provided the seat which is formed by twohorizontally extending arins 2d and These arms are mounted on the outerends of the shaft mounted in the bearing The bearing 27 is struck upfrom the back of the channel section and allows the arms to swing downon the sides of the channel section until the arms rest on the lugs 28tornied on he sides of this section. The lugs 28 then hold the arms inthe horizontal position to form the seat.

As pointed out above, the channel sections and the parts mounted thereonare collapsible. Thus the three channel sections are made to telescopeinto each other. The arms 13 can be swung so as to lay parallel to thearms 12 and also allow these arms with the arms 13 to swing down againstthe side of the collapsed channel sections.

The arms 2st and 25 forming the seat are made to swing up against thesides of the channel section. The same is true of the arms 21 and 22that can be swung up against the side of the channel sections below thearms Q-tl and 25. The slidingstake 19 can slide up on the back oi thechannel section and in that way all of the extendible parts of theupright can be folded up so that all of the parts of the upright make aparcel that is not much larger than the channel section 2 alone.

The outer ends of the arms 12 and 13 may be padded with a piece ofrubber hose that is slipped over the free end o1 these arms or any othersuitable padding may be provided thereon.

I claim:

1. In a camp toilet, the combination of an upright formed of threesections adapted to telescope into each other, a pair of arms hinged tothe upper section of said upright, a second pair or" arms pivoted onsaid first pair of arms near the hinged end and extending forwardly andoutwardly, extensions formed on the inner ends of said second pair ofarms, a pair of spaced brackets mounted on each side of the top of theupper section 01" said upright, said first pair of arms being hingedunder the lower brackets, said extension of said second pair of armsbeing; adapted to engage between the pairs of brackets and hold saidfirst and said second pair oi arms in a horizontal position withrelation to said upright, a tent supported by said upright and said twopairs o1" arms.

2. In a camp toilet, the combination of an upright formed of threesections adapted to telescope into each other, a pair of arms hinged tothe upper section of said upright, a second pair of arms pivoted on saidfirst pair of arms near the hinged end and er;- tcndingforwardly andoutwardly, extensions formed on the inner ends oi said second pair ofarms, a pair of spaced brackets mounted on each side of the top 0t thew,per section ot' said. upright. said first pair of arms being hingedunder the lower brackets, said extension of said second pair of armsbeing adapted to engage between the pairs of brackets and hold saidfirst and second pair of arms in a horizontal position with relation tosaid upright, a tent supported by said upright and said two pairs ofarms. spring pressed locking dogs mounted on said telescoping sections,said spring pressed lO('l ing dogs being adapted to lock said telescowing' sections together in their extended position.

In testimony whereof I atfiX my signature CHARLES A. TOVVNSEN iii

